Dan Lavery

{{short description|American professional musician (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Dan Lavery

| image =Heather Reid 12 19 2014 -5 (15880515909).jpg

| caption =Lavery (r)

| image_size = 250

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1966|06|11}}

| instrument = Bass guitar

| genre = Rock

| occupation = Songwriter, musician

| years_active = 1997–present

| label =

| associated_acts = Tonic, The Revisionists, The Fray

| website = {{url|danlavery.com/}}

}}

Dan Lavery (born June 11, 1966) is an American professional musician, who has been nominated for two Grammy Awards as part of the band Tonic.{{cite web |title=Tonic Overview |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p182474|pure_url=yes}} |last=Bush |first=John |publisher=Macrovision Corporation |accessdate=2009-12-07}} Lavery joined Tonic after the band had recorded Lemon Parade, and has been a part of Tonic ever since. When Tonic went on hiatus in the 2004, Lavery embarked on songwriting for motion pictures, such as work inspired by the film The Passion of the Christ.{{cite web |title=Dan Lavery Credits |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p472847|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Macrovision Corporation |accessdate=2009-12-07}} Lavery also began playing bass guitar for musical group The Fray in 2007. Lavery is currently working with his fellow Tonic band members on a studio recording scheduled to be released in 2010.{{update after|2010|12|31}}{{cite web |title=Dan Lavery |url=http://www.danlavery.com |publisher=Danlavery.com |accessdate=2009-12-07}}

Lavery grew up in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and graduated from Lawrence High School in Lawrenceville, New JerseyMorgan, Scott. [https://communitynews.org/2017/07/28/ex-drummer-lawrence-native-pete-maloney-settles-art-career/ "Ex-drummer and Lawrence native Pete Maloney settles into art career"], Community News, July 28, 2017. Accessed October 3, 2017. "Maloney also grew up good friends with fellow Lawrence High School graduate Dan Lavery, who went on to play bass in the band Tonic (of “If You Could Only See” fame) and get nominated for two Grammys." and the Rutgers University School of Engineering in 1990. During his time in college, he played in a band named "True."{{cite web |title=Dan Lavery |url=http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/94/34/04_1_m.html |last=Young |first=Ty |date=October 2, 2000 |publisher=The Arizona Daily Wildcat Online |accessdate=2010-02-15}} Lavery and his fellow members of True (minus bass player Dave Nitti) traveled to Los Angeles to try to become professional musicians. They were discovered by Paul A. Rothchild, who had managed musical acts such as The Doors. The band True was short-lived though, breaking up. Paul Rothchild's son Dan happened to be the original bass player in Tonic. Dan Rothchild left Tonic in 1996, and Emerson Hart subsequently asked Lavery to join Tonic.